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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFl-CE.

HOWARD N. JONES, .013 PROVH DENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOB, BY DIRECT AND IESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO UNIVERSAL SAFETY ASH TRAY COMPANY, INC., 01' PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND. Y

CIGABE'FI'E-EXTINGUISHING DEVICE.

Original 80. 1,872,143, dated March 22, 1921, Serial No. 381,765, filed Kay 15, 1920. Application for reissue filed March 22, 1922. Serial No. 545,854.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HOWARD N. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Providence, county of Providence,

I and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigarette-Extinguishin Devices, of which the followi is a speci cation, reference being had t erein to the accompanying 1 drawing.

This invention relates to a cigarette-extinguishing device, and has for its object to provide. a simple and inexpensive device of this character, which may serve as a table "ornaments and also as a means for readily extinguishing a lighted ciglarette by simpl deposit-ing its lighted end t ereinto.

further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the cigarette may. be readily ejected from the holder after the fire has been extinguished therefrom.

The nature and advantages of the invention will be better understood when the following detailed description is taken in con- 2 nection with the accompanying drawings, the

invention residing in the combination and arrangement of partsas claimed.

In the drawings formin' part of this specification, like numerals 0 reference indicate so similar parts in the several views and where- Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section illustrating my improved combined ash-tray and cigarette-extinguishing device.

Figure 2 is a top view of the device. Figure 3 is a perspective view of the slid able tubular member detached, into which the lighted end of a cigarettemay be placed. As is well known by cigarette smokers a lightedci arette upon being laid down in a tray or e sewhere, continues, to burn until the whole is consumed, which often is very objectionable, particularly to the nonsmokers in the room.

It is well known that considerable manipu lation is usually re uired in order to extinguish the lighte end of a cigarette. Therefore it is found desirable to provide means whereby a cigarette may be readily extinguished without effort on the part of the smoker, which result has been accomplished by my simple device, which at once extinguishes the fire u on placing the lighted end of the cigarette t ereinto. h

The followin is a detailed description of one means b w ich this extinguishing effect may be readi y accomplished With reference to the drawings, 10 designates an ordinary ash-tray which may be made in any suitable, ornamental form and which also serves as a base for my cigaretteextinguishing device.

This device comprises essentially a central post 11 which is screwed into or otherwise xed in the base 10, and on this post I have slidably mounted a tubular member 12 which is normally supportedby means of the spring 13 so that its upper end will stand a substan tial distance above that of the post, thereby providing a rece tacle or socket into whic the lighted end 0 a cigarette may be placed.

It is found in practice that by simply inserting the lighted end-of a clgarette into this receptacle the fire on this end becomes at once choked or smothered and so extinguished.

In burning a cigarette in the open air the ash is soft and easily displaced from its end, but when the lighted end is positioned in my extinguishin tube this. ash cokes or becomes hardened an does not drop off or become deposited in the tube. It is also found that this coking over of the ashes on the burnt end of a cigarette serves to assist in seasoning or flavoring the tobacco in the cigarette which when lighted a second time is much more palatable than when initially burnt.

It is also found by connoisseur smokers that the first time a ci arette is lighted it is not so palatable as w en permitted to go out and is lighted a second time. Therefore it is of advantage to provide a device which will instantly smother and extinguish the cigarette when desired without waste, and by the use of my device it is only necessa to insert the li hted end into the tube, whic causes it to be immediately extinguished after which the cigarette may be removed and when relighted the user experiences the finer flavor thus produced.

When a short butt has been inserted into the tube to be extinguished it is only necessary to slide the tubular member downwardly on the post 11, which action causes the post to eject the cigarette thus preparin the tube for the reception of another, and inthis way cigarettes may be extinguished and deposited in the tray one after another as soon as finished by the user.

In some-instances it is found desirable to provide a casing or housing for the spring 13, which is accomplished by attaching a short tubular'member 14 to the base, which extends up over and encloses the spring as illustrated.

The device .is extremely simple and inexpensive in construction and effective in its operation inasmuch as the lighted end of a cigarette may be readily positioned therein, which operation quickly chokes, smothers and extinguishes the same without further attention on the part of the user; after which it is only necessary to slide the tubular member 12 downwardly on its .post

' to at once eject the extinguished cigarette i one end thereof, said tubular member being of a diameter to approximately fit and being permitting it to fall into the tray beneath after which the tube automatically returns under action. of the spring 13=into the position to receive another and repeat the operation.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resortin to all the mechanical changes to which t e device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In combination with an ash receiver, a cigarette extinguishing device comprising a tubular member having a bottomclosure and adapted to receive a cigarette, said member being of a diameter to approximately fit and be closed by the insertion of the cigarette to smother and so extinguish the lighted end .thereof, and means for sup-- porting said member to permit a movement relative to the receiver to discharge its contents into said receiver.

2. An ash receiver comprising a recessed body, -a tubular member supported by said receiver .andhaving a closure member'for ada ted to receive, smother and so extin glllfil the li hted end of a. cigarette, said tubular member and said closure member being .movable one relatively to the other to thereinto, said members bein discharge the contents of the tubular member into the receiver when desired,

3. A smokers ash tray having an ash receiving chamber, a cigarette extinguishing member cooperating with said chamber comprising a socket member for receiving and smothering a cigarette located above said chamber and in normally non-communicating relation to said chamber, and supporting means for said socket member permitting the socket to be operated to deposit its contents into said chamber.

4. In combination with an ash receiver, a tubular member supported on said receiver, a bottom closure member for saidtubular member supported on said receiver, said tubular member being adapted to receive and being of a diameter to approximately fit and smother and so extinguish the lighted end of a cigarette when inserted relatively to the other for discharging the contents of the tubular member into said receiver.

5. A cigarette-extinguishing device comprising a base having a fixed upstanding post, a tubular member slidably mounted on said post, said tube being supported with its upper .end normally standing a substantial distance above the upper end of said post forming a receptacle 'into which the lighted end of a cigarette may be positioned and extinguished said tube being slidable downward on said post to eject the'cigarette therefrom. v

6. A cigarette-extinguishing device comprising a base having a fixed upstanding post, a tubular member slidably mounted on said post, a spring acting on said tube to support it with its upper end normally a su movable one stantial distance above that of said post.-

providing a receptacle into which the lighted end of a cigarette may be positioned and extinguished, said tube being adapted to be slid downwardly on said post to e ect the cigarette therefrom and to be automatically returned to normal by said spring, and a housing for said spring.

Providence, Rhode Island, March 18, 1922. In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

E HOWARD N. JONES. Witnesses:

E. P. REILLY, 

